photopolymers
New Materials and Curing Unit at Formlabs
Formlabs is showcasing new SLA materials and a new curing solution. The new Tough 1000 Resin, with a tensile modulus of 1000, a Tough 1500, and an improved Tough 2000…
Korean 3D Printing Materials Developer Graphy Goes Public
Korean vat polymerization materials developer Graphy, founded in 2017, has gone public. Graphy develops innovative resins for OEMs and offers products such as shape memory resins and directly 3D printed…
Zhejiang University Researchers Potentially Develop Sustainable Closed Loop Resins
Zhejiang University researchers have come up with a thrilling discovery that could make resins much more sustainable. In a paper for Science, “Circular 3D printing of high-performance photopolymers through dissociative…
Nanoscribe’s New Clear Material Designed for Optical Electronics
Nanoscribe has launched IPX-Clear, a Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP) material with high transparency, designed for dimensionally accurate components. Optimized for Nanoscribe’s Two-Photon Grayscale Lithography (2GL) process, this resin enables rapid production…
Beyond Chuck Hull’s Legacy: the Unsung Heroes Who Paved the Way for 3D Printing
Next month, we will celebrate a huge anniversary. 40 years ago, on August 8, 1984, Charles Hull filed a patent application for stereolithography: the first additive manufacturing technique in history,…
How Do You Safely Handle 3D Printing Resins? Ask PAMA
The Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing Alliance (PAMA), a collaborative effort between the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) and RadTech, has published a revised version of its guidance for photopolymers,…
BASF Offers Flexible 3D Printing Materials for Nearly Every Technology
BASF Forward AM has steadily increased its stake in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, not only through acquisitions such as that of Sculpteo but with the introduction of wholly unique…
New Materials from Formlabs Enable 3D Printed Medical and Dental Devices
Formlabs is serious about both the medical and dental additive manufacturing (AM) markets. In trying to push its integrated product offering into dental, it joins a very competitive market estimated…
Dude, Where’s My ROI? – AMS Speaker Spotlight
Professionals buying a 3D printer – or investing in any piece of new capital equipment – often have one major question about their purchase: what’s the return on investment? ROI…
Layoffs Continue with 3D Printing Double Unicorn Carbon
Amid the continued recession, 3D printing companies are continuing a trend of layoffs. In addition to the likes of Desktop Metal, Fast Radius, and Nexa3D, Xerox has essentially eliminated its Elem Additive…
New for 2022 Ultimate Guide to Digital Light Processing 3D Printing
Within the complex field of 3D printing technologies, Digital Light Processing (DLP) is easily one of the most simple, mature, and popular methods available for polymer parts manufacturing. DLP, harnesses…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 13, 2022: New 3D Scanner, New 3D Printer, Relocation, & More
We’re starting today’s 3D Printing News Briefs today with a new 3D scanner by SHINING 3D, and a new DLP 3D printer from Intrepid Automation. Moving on to business, Adaptive3D…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 10, 2022: Education, SBIR Award, Materials, & More
We’re kicking things off with education in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, after a recent “Girl Meets AM” program for high school students. Moving on to business, ExLattice has received…
New Biocompatible 3D Printing Resins Released by Formlabs
Formlabs now has BioMed White Resin and BioMed Black Resin for its SLA printers. The two new materials are biocompatible and are squarely aimed at the surgical planning and medical device…
NIST Backs New Resin 3D Printing Research Group
While the additive manufacturing (AM) industry itself is still establishing its own standards and research bodies as a whole, we’re already seeing the formation of niche organizations within the sector….
Evonik Partners with Asiga to Introduce 3D Printing Resins at AMUG 2022
Polymer company Evonik is a 3D printing pioneer. The company developed materials for power bed fusion (PBF) very early on. It has commercialized key technologies around powders and their manufacture….
Formnext 2021: Kumovis, Lithoz, Evonik & Blue Power Gear Up for Frankfurt Event
Over 500 3D printing companies will return to Frankfurt, Germany, for one of the most awaited additive manufacturing events of the year: Formnext 2021. Following almost two years of digital…
BASF’s Forward AM Opens 3D Printing Center in China with Xuberance
Forward AM, BASF’s 3D printing division, is making inroads in China, where it will be launching a new Additive Manufacturing Technical Center (AMTC). Established in cooperation with Chinese 3D additive…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: July 25th, 2021
From compact SLS 3D printing and SOLIDWORKS certifications to full-color 3D printing, 3D printing for cosmetic dentistry, photopolymers, and more, we’ve got a lot of topics covered in this week’s…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 30, 2021: IDM Lab, Weerg, Monocure3D, Carpenter Additive & Link3D, SABIC & Local Motors, Neotech AMT
From a new 3D printer and new materials to integrated software and more, read on for all the interesting stories in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs! IDM Lab Launches PicoFAB…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: June 19, 2021
We’ve got another busy week of webinars and events this week, covering topics like cosmetics and beauty, simulation for SLS printing, 3D printed consumer products, and more. Read on for…
Desktop Metal Buys 3D Printing Resin Maker Adaptive3D
Since its 2020 IPO, Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) has been growing quickly, making three acquisitions already so far in 2021. After polymer pioneer EnvisionTEC and wood 3D printing startup Forust,…
Nexa3D and BASF Develop New Photopolymers for NXE400 3D Printer
Ultrafast industrial-grade polymer 3D printer manufacturer Nexa3D expands its partnership with BASF’s corporate brand Forward AM to deliver three new ultrafast photopolymer materials for Nexa3D’s NXE400 3D printer. The companies…
Evonik Enters Photopolymers Segment with New 3D Printing Materials
Within the last couple of years, specialty chemicals company Evonik revealed that it was organizing a range of ready-to-use AM materials, from its Additive Manufacturing Innovation Growth Field, under the…
